Who may solemnize marriage
20. (1) No
person shall solemnize a marriage unless he or she is authorized by or under
section 24 or is registered under this section as a person authorized to
solemnize marriage. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.3, s. 20 (1).
Application for registration
(2) Upon
application the Minister may, subject to subsection (3), register any person
as a person authorized to solemnize marriage. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.3, s. 20 (2).
Who may be registered
(3) No person
shall be registered unless it appears to the Minister,
(a) that the person has been ordained or
appointed according to the rites and usages of the religious body to which
he or she belongs, or is, by the rules of that religious body, deemed
ordained or appointed;
(b) that the person is duly recognized by the
religious body to which he or she belongs as entitled to solemnize marriage
according to its rites and usages;
(c) that the religious body to which the
person belongs is permanently established both as to the continuity of its
existence and as to its rites and ceremonies; and
(d) that the person is resident in Ontario or
has his or her parish or pastoral charge in whole or in part in Ontario;
provided that in the case of a person who is in Ontario temporarily and who,
if resident in Ontario, might be registered under this section, the Minister
may register him or her as authorized to solemnize marriage during a period
to be fixed by the Minister. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.3, s. 20 (3).
